Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

But I think it is also important that we pay tribute and acknowledge another great principle, and that is the principle of religious conviction. Religious freedom has no significance unless it is accompanied by conviction.

I am flatly opposed to appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome - and I'm not convinced of these - they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home.

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.